Morning journal and courier., 1887-04-05
MUNICIPAL BUSINESS

| the Derby Road-A Large Batch of Petitions Referred For Sewers, | Lights and Pavements - Reports From Committees Accepted and | Passed.
 | The board was called to order promptly at | 8 o'clock by Mayor York, the presiding off cer The reading of the minutes of the last
 meeting was dispensed with, A large batch of business was transacted before the ad- 1 journment. A communication was read by Clerk CahiIl from Joel A. Sperry, the presi- dent of the Derby railroad, offering $25o, ,000 for the city's interest in the perby road, in cluding all indebtedness which the Housa- tonic Valley company offered to take up. The following favorable reports were read
 and accepted and the orders passed: On pe- tition for crosswslk on north side of Donnelly
 Place; on petition for eurbing and grading of
 | Winchester avenue, from Munson to Thomp-
 son streets, both sides; on petition for grad
 ing of St. Roman street; on petition for the
 grading and extension of Munson and Ed
 1 wards street; petition for sidewalk on
 east side of Cedar street, between Columbus
 avenue and Minor street; on petition for
 brick sidewalk on north side of Morris street,
 between Rosette and Lamberton streets; on petition for crosswalks on southwest corner of Gilbert street and across Cedar street at Gilbert street; on petition for ourbing south side of Whiting street; on petition for cross l walk on the corner of Davenport avenue
 and Stevens street; on petition for concrete
 walk on west side of Orange street; on petition for Telford pavement on l the west side of Whitney avenue; on petition for regarding, recurbing and repaving of north side of Broadway from York street l to York Square; petition for concrete
 walk on both sides of Morris street between l Washington and Lamberton streets; on petit l cion for curb and concrete walk on south I ,;J of Rr;o o1ctro hafU Alh and Canal streets; on petition for grading and | cur ping of Gibbs street. The following ia 1 vorable reports were read from the commit l tee on lights and accepted, and the orders passed: A nsptha lamp on east side of l Main street, between Alton street and Shore l Line railroad; three naptha lamps on Dix l well avenue, between Bassett street and the city line; an electric light on Dixwell avenue, ! on the corner of Henry street; an electric l light at the corner of Washington, Dewitt 1 street and Columbus avenue; gas lamp on | Bradley street. between Grand avenue and | Lyon street; an electric light on the corner | of Davenport avenue and Elliott street; an electric light on the corner ot l Prospect and Canal streets; an electric | light on St. John street corner ot Chestnut street. an electric light on State street corner I of Edwards an electric light on Washington I street corner of Howard avenue, an electric l light on Congress avenue corner of Daggett l street, an electric light at the junction of Broad Davenport avenue and Oak street. The committee on sewers reported favor ably on the following, which reports were | accepted and the orders passed: On Nash street between Edwards and Lawrence streets, on Ashmun street between Webster and Bristol streets, on Chestnut street be- l tween Dixwell avenue and Orchard streets, on Veto street between Orange and State streets on Winchester avenue from Comp ton to Sachem street, thence to Mansfield street, on Bishop street between Whitney avenue and Orange street, on Division street between Winchester avenue and Division street.
 The committee on nominations favorable report on appointments of Isaiah Blakeman and others as special constables was accepted and the order passed. The names of those | recommended were: Isaiah Blakeman, AL l fred J. Edwards, Vincent Riecio, F. 0. Falby, James w. Schubert, Sherwood O. Preston, Thomas McKiernan, Lawrence Houlrihan and Alfred Munson.
 The proposed ordinance de health came from the Common Council accepted and the Board concurred.
 The following communication was read from the subcommittee on the dedication Of soldiers monument:
 1.-The near approach of Memorial day brings | ever increasing realization of the sacred duty We therefore respectfully petition your honorable | body for the customary appropriation to assist in
 defraying the expenses of that occasion and as in duty bound your petitioners will ever pay" The report of the committee on Mayors l message was accepted and adopted by an unanimous and rising vote The report recom- mended the passage of the following resolu- | tions:
 ordered-That the thanks of the Court of Com | mon Council of the city of New Haven be and they l hereby respectfully rendered to His Honor | Mayor Samuel A. York for his excellent message
 and for the valuable suggestions concerning the in 1 terests of the city contained therein.
 to wires and streets be referred to joint special l and that said committee be instructed to inquire | and report as to the best method of conducting
 electricity through the streets and and esp. especially proved satisfactory.
 | to grade crossings be referred to joint special l committee of three aldermen and five councimen.
 to the bonded and other indebtedness of said city | be referred to the board of finance | Ordered, That so much of said message as refers | to the water supply be referred to the joint
 standing eommittee % on water: s , o,., u -o.ou,
 to the division of wards be referred to joint
 cilmen
 Ordered That the question of the matron at DO
 lice headquarters be referred to the board Of police 1 commissioners.
 The petition of Adam Lutz ct al. for 8 l crosswalk on Nicoll street between Lawrence | and Eagle streets was referred to the com mittee streets. The petition of Robert Blakeslee for appointment as bath house keeper was read and referred to the commit | tee on appointments. The petition of numer l ous property holders for the top dressing | of Howard avenue from the New York, New Haven and Hartford railroad bridge, south to l South Water street, was read. The peti- | tion for building lines on Kimberly avenue 1 was read and referred. The petition for a | water main on State street, between Park Lane and Albert street, was read and refer | red The petition of O. E. Longley for per | mission to erect post was read and refer red to the board of public works with pow ! fo1I1 NnnI | for appointment as special constables: D. J. | Shields, H. N. Johnson, John B. Freysinger, Joseph Rice. quit claim deed to the city | of New Haven from Stephen M. Weir for piece of land on Elm street was referred to 1 the corporation counsel with instructions to | report. A communication was read from Alderman s. H. Barnes recommending that ! some money be appropriated for band stand, and after Alderman Barnes had spok- en in favor, the matter was referred to the committee on squares.
 Petitions for extension of street and sewer were read and referred to the committee on streets as follows: Sewer on south side of Whalley avenue, between Sachem and Or chard streets; for extension of Mechanic street.
 Petitions were read and referred to the committee on sidewalks follows: For con-
 crete walk on the east side of Nash street,
 between Eagle and Willow streets; for the
 curbing and paving of west side of Cedar
 street, between Lsmberton and spring
 streets; for sidewalk on County street, be-
 tween the termination of the present walk
 and Goffe street; fer sidewalk on Winthrop
 avenue.
 Petitions for sewers were read and refer
 red to the committee on sewers as follows:
 For sewer on Newhall street, between Argyle
 and Division streets; on Carlisle and Water streets; on Winthrop avenue, between Whalley avenue and Percival street. Petitions for lamps were read and referred to the committee on lamps as follows: For gas or naptha lamp on the east side of Nash street, between Eagle and Willow streets; for electric light corner of Putnam and Liberty | streets; for electric light at the junction of Dixwell and Shelton avenues; for lamp l on Button street, between Lamberton and
 Rosette streets; for an electric light corner of ! Columbus avenue and Liberty street; for | lamp on Mansfield street, between Compton and Division streets; for 8 naptha lamp on the corner of Mill River and Laurel streets; for an electric light on Whalley avenue cor
 ner Winthrop avenue; for an electric light